Ironing-board.



O. W. MIMS. IRONING BOARD.

unroumn FILED JULY 2a, 1908.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

.iillllllllllllllllllllllllllllml|||ll ATTORNEYS i" OTHO WILKS MIMS, OF DARDANELLE, ARKANSAS.

IRONING-B OARD Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed July 23, 1908. Serial No. 444,933.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTHo Winks MrMs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dardanelle, in the county of Yell and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and Improved Ironing-Board, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing boards of that type adapted to be supported from a wall.

It is an object of the invention to con struct a very simple, durable and economical ironing board, that can be supported from the wall at right angles thereto, it being possible to change the angularity; and to provide means whereby the board can be quickly and conveniently installed in any room and readily removed from its support when desired, and wherein when the board is connected with a support and is not needed, it can be made to stand parallel with and close to its support.

- It is a further object of the invention to so construct the board that it will have adequate support and will be prevented from moving laterally, and so that further there will be no obstructions offered to the passage of a skirt or like article over it, since there are no legs.

In the drawings that illustrate my invention I have shown the preferred construction of the board, but I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the exact construction shown or the precise way of hanging the board, since equivalent construction and means may be employed to accomplish the same results. The improvement consists in an ironing board adapted to be hung from a wall or other support in a room or elsewhere, and which may be conveniently taken down and set up and moved from one place to another, and which may be so suspended from its support as to be out of the way.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an edge view of the ironing board in position for use, the support being shown in section and the board being shown in dotted lines in a position that places it out of the way; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the board as shown in Fig. 1, parts being in section; Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the avai able for use.

board, looking toward the head; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the removable pintle employed in connection with the board.

A represents a wall or other support, and B the improved board adapted for ready attachment to or detachment from the support.

The ironing board B is of the conventional type, but so arranged that there are no 0bstructions of any kind at its under face, enabling articles to be passed over the board without obstruction. The board is supported at points that do not interfere with its u per and lower faces and both faces are In the construction of the board its body 10 is provided with longitudinal side stays 1 1, whereby the said body may be made light and strong, and said side stays 11 are cut away at the head end of the board to accommodate a crosshead 12 that extends beyond the sides of the body of the board, as is shown best in Figs. 2 and 3. The outer longitudinal edge 18 of this crosshead 12 is straight, and when the board B is set up for use, bears firmly against the support A, which may be a wall, and effectively prevents the board from having lateral movement.

A suspension device is employed, and as shown consists of links 14 which are pivoted to the sides of the board B, adjacent to its inner or head end, and these links terminate in hooks 14C" at their free ends, and at the head end of the ironing board B, a series of eyes 15, preferably screw eyes, is secured, usually three in number and at about equal distance apart, as is shown in Fig. 2. The

support A is provided with two screw eyes or staples 16, that receive the hooks 14 of the links 1 1, as is shown in Fig. 1, and the support A below the hooks or staples 16, is provided with a transverse or horizontally arranged series of screw eyes or staples 17, so spaced and located as to register with the eyes 15 on the ironing board B when the latter is set up, as is illustrated in Fig. 2. At such times a pintle 18 is passed through the registering eyes 15 and 17 as is also best shown in Fig. 2. In this manner a detachable hinge connection is provided between the board and its support, and the links 14 when brought into service, tend to firmly hold the board in a horizontal position.

It is evident that the board can be moved from place to place and set up wherever the staples or screw eyes 16 and 17 are placed. As shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, if desired, the board may be held parallel with its support and out of the Way, by simply removing the pintle 18 and permitting the board to be suspended only by the links 14. The eyes 15 of the board B it will be observed, are practically knuckles for the board, whereby to give it pivotal supoort.

Having thus r escribed my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-

The combination with a support, of an ironing board hinged to the support, a cross head on the under face of the ironing board at the end adjacent to the support, said cross head having a straight edge for engaging the support whereby to limit the downward movement of the board and extending at 1 each side of the board to prevent sidewise l swinging thereof, stays secured to the sides of the board and extending there below, the ends of the stays resting against one edge of the cross head, and links pivoted to the stays and having hooks, the support being provided with eyes for engagement by the hooks.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OTHO WILKS MIMS.

i i itnesses W. L. FoWLKEs, S. S. BATsoN. 

